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And you'd charge the nuclear extra too because, despite what the people here who seem to hate renewables more than they like nuclear believe, the energy deliver
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
And you'd charge the nuclear extra too because, despite what the people here who seem to hate renewables more than they like nuclear believe, the energy delivered by nuclear is not magic and needs to be matched to demand too.
Which is why we've built pumped hydro and implemented Time of Use pricing for many decades to help nuclear energy integrate well with the grid.
- realusername 3y agoThat's already what happens, that's why it's so expensive. You usually have an all included costs on one side and whatever minimum the private company could get away with legally on the other side.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoYou think the price of nuclear in France includes the environmental damage caused by the gas plants they use to balance the grid? Where did you get this idea from?
- realusername 3y agoThe French gas plants got built to smooth out renewables, there's only a single gas plant built before 2010 and it wasn't even connected to the pipelines, it was a factory gas reuse. I do think it was an environmental and diplomatic (as seen now in the Russian war) mistake.